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July 31, 2010

VIP Tour Of Sony Pictures

During our recent visit out west, we were able to meet up with Adam before our flight home for a tour of the Sony Pictures lot. It's a very cool place and Adam is big man on...
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July 27, 2010

A Renewal In California

For those of you who made it (and those who couldn't), here are some of my photos I snapped during Mom and Gerry's vow renewal party. If you are unable to view the above slideshow, you can...
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November 27, 2009

2009 Holiday Gift Exchange

With Christmas on it's way - I figured this would be a great spot to open up the communication for the Holiday Gift Exchange Game to be held at Mom & Gerry's this year. For those of...
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October 29, 2009

Robin Williams on the Tonight Show

I flipped through and saw Robin Williams on the Tonight Show the other night, promoting a new movie. I had to snap a few pics (of the TV, yes) to see if anyone else notices a...
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Dennis McKinney for State Treasurer

Grace ran across this quote today, regarding candidates for Governor of Kansas: "...stated he will not run in 2010, and Dennis McKinney, the former state House minority leader who became state treasurer in January, said he is...
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April 12, 2009

Meet Doug's new brother, Rob

With Charlie gone, Doug has been pretty lonely and constantly looking around the house for where Chuck may be hiding. So, we decided to contact the woman who works at the agency where we adopted Doug from...
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Wedding Photo Album Video

Just short of our one year anniversary, I have finished our wedding album.Here is a slideshow version of it for everyone to check out.Click here to view a larger video....
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April 6, 2009

Charlie, 1996-2009

As many of you know, Charlie was recently diagnosed as diabetic and we have been giving him insulin shots (twice daily) to help manage his blood sugar.Early Sunday morning, Charlie had a seizure which caused his...
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December 31, 2008

Happy New Year

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my cell phone (and primary number) is currently out of commission, but you can easily get a hold of me if needed by using my work mobile...
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December 19, 2008

An Early Christmas Present

Since we will be in Des Moines on Christmas Day, Grace let Doug open one of his gifts early this year. As you can see from this photo, Charlie is very jealous of his new handsome sweater....
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December 14, 2008

Wallpapering with Charlie & Doug

We decided to dress up our apartment's white walls a bit and wallpaper the two story wall where our stairs are. The stairs are fairly steep so we bought some 2x4's at the hardware store around the...
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December 9, 2008

Halloween 2008

This year, Halloween snuck up on us and so we needed to figure out a costume a few days before a party we went to that was having a costume party. We came up with the idea...
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August 2, 2008

Weekend in Cambridge and Boston

Over the Fourth of July weekend, Grace and I took a bus to Boston and stayed at Brian's work apartment in Cambridge. It was definitely a hot weekend but we managed to walk around most of the...
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August 1, 2008

Des Moines Flooding

I found some neat photos and the following video of the Des Moines flooding area around Dad's house. Sounds like it didn't actually reach his building even though the pictures look more intense.*click on thumbnails below to...
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June 29, 2008

Heather & Kris tour 30 Rock!

Yet another great pair of pics, featuring Heather and Kris when they came to take the Craig-tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.We had a great weekend seeing some NYC and Brooklyn sites, while enjoying some great eats too....
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May 18, 2008

wedding photos

We have posted all our wedding photos at YouShoot.com. If you visit their homepage, just type in 'McKinney' in the search entry box at the top right of the page and you should be taken to a...
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April 27, 2008

Off to Argentina!

We are sitting at the Jackson airport, waiting on our delayed flight to Houston, and just wanted to blog a big thanks to everyone again for helping to make our wedding so fantastic! Hope everyone made it...
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March 20, 2008

Matt, Shannon & Karlie visit

Another great portrait of Matt and Shannon when they all came to take the Craig-tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Apparently they don't snap photos of people under 18 so lucky for Karlie, she won't have one posted....
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December 19, 2007

a Jackson wedding

The wedding planning is under way and I created a quick web site to give people a place to get info about the big shin-dig and some random info about what there is to see in Jackson....
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November 25, 2007

dad conquers brooklyn

Dad made it out east last weekend to check out our Brooklyn pad. We managed to eat at 3 fantastic non-tourist restaurants AND fit in a few of the sights too. We snapped a couple of photos...
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